Most time-lapse videos work by capturing an object from one vantage point as the world changes around it. This remarkable time-lapse of the traffic in Ho Chi Minh City by photographer Rob Whitworth moves along with the Vietnamese city. And that — along with a roundabout that seems to beat like the heart of the city — is what helps to make this the most amazing time-lapse video you'll see today.

Is Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) a particularly beautiful place or is the camera work just that good? Probably both. The coastal city pulses with people and traffic as the camera pulses along with it. Has a ferry ever looked better ferrying or a biker biking?

The traffic circle beats like the city's heart; cars flowing in like blood to get oxygenated and then flowing back out again to go to the arms, legs and other far reaches of the city.